Sack-tie



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SACK-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent 542,466, dated July 9, 1895.

i Application filed January 16, 1895. Serial No. 535.067. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHAN R. EICHENBER- GER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Burton Oity, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sack-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a viewV showing my device applied to use. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the tie, showing the general arrangement and formation thereof. Fig. 3 is a View showing a cord secured to the tie.

The present invention has relationto sackties; and it consists in the novel formation hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim. A

. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure of the drawings.

In the` accompanying drawings, A represents the sack to which is attached the wiretie, said tie being formed of a single piece of wire and is provided with the loops a b and the catch-loops c, said loops being arranged substantially as shown in the drawings, and

as shown the loops care located opposite each.

other and to the sides of the catch-loops o. The loops a are for the purpose of attaching the wire to the sack by sewing or otherwise, and are of such a size that the loops can lbe easily attached. The loop b is located substantially as shown in the drawings, 'and is for the purpose of attaching the cord B, which cord is formed of sufiici'ent length to" be wrapped any desired number oftimes around the gathered portion of the sack, said cord being formed of any suitable material. The

\ loops o are located at an angle to the loops a and o and also at an angle to each other, thereby providingthe open space d between the inner edges of the lloop.

It will be understood that by my peculiar arrangement four wires, or rather, four portions of the wire, are brought into close contact Withheach other, and in use the cord Bis wrapped around the four sections of the wire instead of two, thereby dividing the strain between the four members or portions of the loop.

In use the cord B is first attached to the loop b and brought or wrapped around the gathered portion of the sack, after which said cord `is wrapped around the four members of 1 the loops c, thereby assisting in holding the .members ot the loop c together.

After the cord B has been-wrapped the desired number of times around the members of the loops c, said cord is placed between the members or loops c through the opening d, thereby securely clamping the end of the cord.

It will be understood that other Ways may be employed to tie the cord. For instance, the free end of the cord may be first passed through the opening d and t-hen wrapped around the members of the loops c and again placed through the opening d.

It will be understood that the wire fro which the device is made should be springwire, thereby forming a clamp between the loops c. By my peculiar manner of forming the wire and attaching it to the sack there are no exposed raw or pointed ends, and hence there are no point-s to catch and tear adjacent sacks or the clothing and hands 4of persons coming in contact with sacks.

Another advantage of mypeculiar formation is sacks can be tied quickly and easily and untied as quickly and easily, and at the same time the persons handling the sacks can wear mittens, if necessary, and at the same time operate my device.

It will be understood that by forming the Wire from which the tie proper is made of spring-wire and locating the loopsor coils c adjacent to each other that as the cord is placed betweenv theloops or coils the cord will be clamped by reason of the loops being held in lclose proximity to each other while in their normal position.

I am aware that loops have been formed upon hooks and eyes for various purposes, and hence lay no claim to the construction shown in such devices.

Having fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i As an improved article of manufacture a sack-tie secured to a sack and consisting 'of the wire tie formed of a single piece and of spring wire, the loops a, b and c, the loops c located at an angle to the loops ct and b and IOC) at angie to each other, the loops c, located hereunto subscribed my namein thepresence adjacent t0 each other at their bottom orlower 0f two Witnesses.

ends, the opening or space d and a, cord se- 1 Cured to the Wire tie,'al1 arranged and eon- JOHAN R' EIQHENBERGER' struoted substantially as described and for Witnesses:

the purpose set forth. F. W. BOND,

In testimony that I claim the above I have E. A. C. SMITH. 

